Daito Manabe + Rhizomatiks “2020-2021”

WATARI-UM, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art
September 05, 2021

This is an AI-generated installation work that represents a frenzied Tokyo, using various data collected from the first declaration of emergency in the spring of 2020 to the summer of 2021, including data that was originally intended to be used and information about canceled events.
This work was exhibited in a vacant lot in front of the WATARI-UM, as part of “PAVILION TOKYO 2021” the world’s first attempt to propose a free and new urban landscape by installing buildings and objects in multiple locations around the National Stadium.


Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13
PAVILLION TOKYO 2021

Organizers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), and Executive Committee of Pavilion Tokyo 2021
Planning: WATARI-UM, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art

1st JUL. -5th SEP. 2021
Venue: Open space in front of WATARI-UM
3-41-5, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Opening Hours: 11:00-19:00

Photo.Muryo Homma(Rhizomatiks)

Credit
Concept: Daito Manabe
Technical Direction: Motoi Ishibashi
Hardware Development: Kyohei Mori
LED Player: Yuta Asai

Image and Text generation: 2bit
Technical Support: Toshitaka Mochizuki
Project Management: Tomoyo Obata
Producer: Takao Inoue